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Arsenal history: On this day... November 16

1957
Arsenal gained a 3-2 win at home to Portsmouth thanks to a brace
from David Herd and another from Danny Clapton

1962
England central defender Steve Bould was born in Stoke-on-Trent.
After leaving the Gunners he played for Sunderland before returning
to Arsenal as a coach

1974
Alan Ball scored twice for the second consecutive match as Arsenal
beat Derby County 3-1 at Highbury

2002
Thierry Henry scored one of his greatest goals for the Club as he
ran the full length of the field before curling the ball passed
Tottenham's Kasey Keller. The Gunners moved back to the top of
the Premier League with the 3-0 win

Copyright 2015 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source16 Nov 2007

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